Christine Applegate is an American actress and dancer. She is the daughter of Robert Applegate (Robert William Applegate), a record producer and executive, and Nancy Priddy (Nancy Lee Priddy), an actress and musician. She is married to musician Martyn LeNoble, with whom she has a daughter.

Most of her family has lived in the United States for many generations. Her ancestors were English, Scottish, German, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Welsh, more distant Dutch, French, Danish, Swedish, 1/512 Portuguese, and remote Norwegian. Her Portuguese roots come from her “Driggs” line, spelled Rodrigues many generations back.

Christina’s paternal grandfather was Paul Schallar/Scholler Applegate (the son of Elmer Morgan Applegate and Amy Wigglesworth). Elmer was the son of Peter Edward Applegate and Lydia Ann Kelley. Amy was English, born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the daughter of James Wigglesworth and Elizabeth/Liza Ann Hudson.

Christina’s paternal grandmother was Lavina Victorine/Victorina/Victoria Shaw (the daughter of Ovid Victor Shaw and Lavina Weaver). Ovid was the son of William Columbus Shaw and Lucy Victorine Willett. Christina’s great-grandmother Lavina was the daughter of Jacob Weaver and Jane “Jennie” McLean/McLain.

Christina’s maternal grandfather was Carl Clarence Priddy (the son of Sylvester N. Priddy and Harriet Arena Clevenger). Sylvester was the son of John H. Priddy and Mary Ann Himes. Harriet was the daughter of Elisha Clevenger and Rebecca Eleanor/Ellen Tuttle.

Christina’s maternal grandmother was Katherina/Katherine Iona Driggs (the daughter of Herbert Charles/Cole Driggs and Minnie Handlong). Herbert was the son of Hiram C. Driggs and Louisa Woodruff May. Minnie was the daughter of Joseph Handlong and Alice Ripple.

“The Driggs family’s original immigrant ancestor has been widely cited as Josias Dratz of Brooklyn. This information has been included in published genealogies, family surname foundations, and other significant genealogical sources for two hundred years – but it appears that it is wrong. New evidence, including DNA testing, extensive research, and a thorough examination of the evidence by family researcher Richard W. Davis of Provo, Utah, indicates that Joseph Driggs was born Jose Rodrigues and was from Portugal, possibly from the Azore Islands.”

“This “theory” [about a Dutch origin for the family] has now been disproved through the Y-DNA testing of a confirmed direct descendant of Joseph Driggs and confirmed descendants of Josias Janszen Drats. Results of the testing show that any common ancestor of Joseph Driggs and Josias Janszen Drats would have lived more than 35,000 years ago. Based on the DNA testing and a review of old family letters and stories, it appears that Joseph Driggs was the anglicized name of José Rodrigues from Portugal.”

They are Norman names and there are a lot of people in the British Isles that have Norman names including myself. If this kind of ancestry is used then John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Gerard Butler should be listed as having French ancestry. It is too far back and also the Normans were a hybrid people. They were originally Vikings that were given part of northern France by treaty with the French crown.